Hi everyone, this is my first try at some fan fiction so please keep that in mind as you read. I'm brand new at this. Thanks and I hope you enjoy.
I do not own Descendants.
Mal, Jay, Evie, and Carlos sat at two desk like tables in a wide open classroom staring ahead at the headmistress sitting at a desk in the front of the room, she looked friendly but a no nonsense type. She was glancing at several files in front of her, a slight frown on her face as she compared the various folders and glanced up at the four sitting in front of her.
"What grade did you all finish last term?" She cautiously asked. The four children looked at each other and sort of shrugged.
"Grades are kind of … subjective on the isle" Mal supplies.
"Ah, I see. And um… how old are you all?" Fairy Godmother asks since apparently that information wasn't in the folders either.
"I'm 16" Evie answered.
"Me too." Mal added.
Fairy Godmother looked at the other table where the boys are.
"I'm almost 17" Jay supplied. Carlos just sat there looking down. He wasn't really sure, he was younger than the others and a lot smaller.
"Carlos? How old are you?" Fairy Godmother asked again. Carlos cautiously glanced up and shrugged.
"I'm younger than them." He supplied unhelpfully because anyone could see that much.
"I see." FG said "ok then, well as we don't really know what grades any of you are in and it seems the … um curriculum on the isle varied significantly from Auradon, we will need to determine where you're at currently to figure out which classes to place you all in. So for this first week you'll be taking a few tests, they're not graded or anything like that, its just to determine where you are and find the best fit for you. If you don't know the answer, just leave it blank." She passed out a pack of papers and the four children curiously opened them up.
"English Review" the top of the paper said. There were a couple short stories they were supposed to read and answer questions about. Then questions about books that none of them had ever heard of. Finally, a couple of essays at the end. FG was surprised at how quickly they all finished but was disappointed when she realized it was because they hadn't been able to complete the test. She dismissed them so she could correct the exams.
Mal, Jay, Evie, and Carlos headed into the cafeteria for lunch, they weren't really sure what to do as they watched the other kids go through some sort of queue and come out with trays with delicious smelling food. Doug noticed them and came up, Ben had introduced Doug to them this morning when they arrived. "Hi guys, um just take a tray from the stack over there, go through the line and take what you would like to eat, follow me." He said a bit nervously. The four VKs looked at each other, a little confused and apprehensive. No one was going to fight them for what they grabbed? Once they saw the food line they understood why, there was more than enough to go around. They followed Doug through the line, not really sure what most of the food was but put a selection of various foods on their plates and found a table off in a corner. Carlos lowered his head so that he was looking at the food straight on and cautiously poked it with his fork.
"what do you guys think it is?" he asked as he continued to poke at it.
"I donno," said Jay with his mouth full, "but if you're not gonna eat it I will" and he pulled a piece off of Carlos' plate and put it in his mouth.
"HEY!" he protested but it was too late so he started in on the food, what ever it was, it was good.
After lunch the kids headed back for Remedial Goodness with the Fairy Godmother. Their now full stomachs and boring subject made all of them want to fall asleep. FG rattled on and on about choices and rules. Carlos tried to pay attention, he really did, Mal had told them all how important it was to try and fit in, but he'd never been this full in his whole life, and Doug had mentioned that later in the day they had something called "dinner" which had something called "dessert" Doug promised it would be sweet. Carlos liked sweet things.
*crack*
Carlos' eyes flew open and his immediate instinct was to cover his head with his hands and curl up in a ball, he peeked out to see FG standing in front of him with a stern look on her face, glowering down at him. She had slammed her pointer onto the boys desk in order to wake him up.
"Do try to pay attention. Falling asleep in my class is not a good way to start out. " FG said sternly.
Carlos mumbled an apology and glanced over to the other table where Mal and Evie sat, Mal gave him a look that clearly was a warning to pull it together, the boy shrinked away from her gaze.
For the next four days in the morning the children took assessment tests in Math, Science, and Auradon History in the morning and then the afternoons were Remedial Goodness with FG as well as a small survey to see what interests they had for potential extracurricular classes.
"Hello, Fairy Godmother." Ben said as he entered the almost empty classroom.
FG looked up from the stacks of tests she was correcting. "Oh hello Benjamin, what can I help you with?" she asked.
"I just wanted to check how things were going this week with the Isle kids. Any concerns?"
FG looked at him with a worried expression, "actually quite a few." She sighed "I'm trying to figure out which classes to put them in, Carlos for example is quite advanced in Math and has excellent reading comprehension, but judging by this essay and how he is in class, he doesn't have the maturity yet for the older grades. Except for Math, I think he'd do best if placed in with his age group, I think he's about 14, but he's not sure when his birthday is and the files are almost worthless." Ben picked up Carlos file only to realize that it contained his name, a drawing he must have done as a child, and a list of disciplinary problems at Dragon Hall over the years. There was nothing about his age or which classes he had taken.
"Jay on the other hand, " FG continued "is barely at his grade level, he seems to struggle with reading comprehension which would account for struggling in other subjects as well, but I would hesitate to put him in a class with younger children because of his intimidating and volatile nature."
"The girls both seem to be right where they should be. Evie seems to have a knack for chemistry, judging by this test, even though they all claim never to have taken it on the Isle"
Ben nodded his head upon hearing this new information. "what about their interests?"
"Yes, well Jay I think needs more of an outlet to get his energy out, so PE or Tourney would be helpful. Evie seems to have an interest in sewing and fashion. Carlos clearly has an interest in computers."
"And Mal?" Ben asked.
"Mal refused to fill out the questionnaire, but judging by the doodles she does on the side of her test" FG showed one to Ben, "I think an art class would be a good fit." Ben nodded at the drawing, it was very good.
FG continued "We also did a physical on all of them the first day, Nurse Flora was not very happy about what she learned. Injuries included prior broken ribs, several concussions, broken fingers and several other serious injuries on all four of them. The boys in particular look like they'd been severely physically abused and the girls are so underweight and malnourished. There were… other signs of abuse, but neither of them would talk about it. They just shut down if asked." Ben nodded, understanding what FG meant. "Anyway I think I've got their schedules all sorted out now, but I don't think they're going to like it."
The bell rang and students bursting out of classrooms and the lunch room and bustling about the hallway broke through the awkward silence that FG and Ben had as they reviewed the files and test results. The door to the classroom burst open and Jay and Carlos tumbled in struggling over what appeared to be a donut. Evie stepped over them, followed by Mal who plucked the treat out of Carlos' hand and popped it into her mouth. The smaller boy protested as he and Jay scrambled up, and then froze as they saw FG and Ben staring at them all.
"ahem, Children please take your seats. " FG started. Ben nodded at them all and left the room. The four young villians quickly found their normal seats and warily took a seat. "I'm pleased to let you know that I've finished correcting the assessment tests and the surveys you took and have created schedules for each of you that I believe is best suited to your needs and abilities. " as FG said this all she handed each of them a schedule.
Mal raised her hand, "yes Mal?"
"you mean we're not in all the same classes?" She said, her voice shaking just a bit.
"No I'm afraid not all of them. You all have math together though."
The four children looked down at their schedules and started to compare them. They all had math and remedial goodness together. Mal and Jay and Evie also had history and English together. And Mal and Jay also had science together.
Jay had PE three times a week and something called Reading Comp twice a week. Mal had an art class, Evie had sewing and fashion, and Carlos had computer programming.
Carlos piped up "why are most of my classes for 9th grade and theirs are 10th?" Mal looked over at Carlos' schedule and then back at her own. He was right, only math and goodness class was the same.
"Well, I thought it would be best for you to be with students your own age, if we find that the classes are too easy for you we can reassess it after the first term." FG explained. Carlos paled and looked slightly sick realizing that for the most part, he was on his own.
Mals eye flashed green as she glared at the FG. She didn't like the idea of the smallest of her group being cut off from the rest of them most of the day. FG noticed Mals look and quickly looked away, she was confident her decision was the right one. "Yes well, children, shall we continue." And she went back to the board to continue with the lesson about when and how to use "please" and "thank you".
Back in the boys dorm room Mal paced back and forth fuming "they can't separate us like this, its not safe."
Carlos huddled on his bed watching her. "Mal, it'll be ok" he bravely stated, Mal flashed her green eyes at him and he shut right up.
"No, Carlos, its NOT ok." She growled back at him. He didn't dare say anything back after that.
There was a knock on the door and Jay headed over to open it. It was Prince Ben.
"Hi guys, " Ben said shyly "I just wanted to see how your first week went. Fairy Godmother told me she gave you your new schedules and you'll start those new classes tomorrow."
Mal glared at him "Yeah about that, why is Carlos in totally different classes? We're NOT okay with that." She snapped.
Ben looked so young and innocent as he glanced around at the four isle kids. "Well, um, fairy godmother felt that those classes would be a better fit for him right now since he is a couple years younger..."
"We don't know how old he is." Mal interrupted.
"Nothing is permanent; if it doesn't work out we can change it." Ben promised
Mal shook her head "No."
"I'm sorry Mal, but that decision is out of my hands. Carlos, if you have any problems at all, let me know." Carlos nodded. "So um, curfew is in about 10 minutes, so the two of you should probably head back" Ben nodded towards Evie and Mal before leaving.
Mal looked at the boys and Evie and made a grunting noise out of frustration. "I'll see you in the morning." And she stormed out.
"Evil dreams guys." Evie muttered as she followed Mal back to their room.
Jay and Carlos just looked at each other. "Dude you gonna be ok?" Jay asked tentatively. Carlos was always a bit skittish and the older boy didn't feel comfortable with the younger one on his own. Carlos swallowed hard, and nodded.
"I don't have much of a choice do I."